"Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> Developers:
> I've seen this question several times; wouldn't it be better to rename
> pg_log to pg_tuplestatus? Calling something ...log is asking for it
> to be wiped.
In 7.1 it'll have a numeric filename ($PGDATA/global/1269, actually)
which should reduce the tendency for DBAs to assume there's nothing
important in it. I regard this as one of the major advantages of
having switched to numeric filenames ;-)
regards, tom lane